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    LAPORTEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettleplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Laportea; Laportea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Laportea" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Laportea"):

    Laportea canadensis; wood nettle (American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles)

    Australian nettle; Australian nettle tree (any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea)

    Holonyms ("Laportea" is a member of...):

    family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

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